Essays about: "Oil Trade Activities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Oil Trade Activities.

1. 1. Institutional dynamics in Cuban agriculture : a case study from three Cuban farms

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Calle Lindkvist; Lisa Hedborg; [2023]
   Keywords : institutions; institutional change; Cuba; agriculture; path-dependency; informal constraints; formal constraints;

   Abstract : Cuba is still subjected to the trade embargo imposed by the United States in 1962, restricting global trade and historically forcing Cuba into a dependency on the Soviet Union for energy, oil, and agricultural inputs. Today's agricultural system in Cuba bears the imprint of this historical reliance in the form of institutional constraints that shape Cuban farmers everyday activities. READ MORE

3. 2. Modelling the energy demand for transport in Sub-Saharan Africa : World Energy Outlook as a Case Study

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Amrita Dasgupta; [2019]
   Keywords : Energy demand projections; modelling; transport; infrastructure; Sub-Saharan Africa; road; rail; aviation; navigation; oil consumption; population; GDP; growth; urbanisation; air quality; sustainability; policies; development; Energibehovsprognoser; modellering; transport; infrastruktur; subsahariska Afrika; väg; järnväg; luftfart; sjöfart; oljekonsumtion; befolkning; BNP; tillväxt; urbanisering; luftkvalitet; hållbarhet; politik; utveckling;

   Abstract : Energy demand projections are essential tools that enable policymakers, engineers, scientists, stakeholders and investors to assess the future energy needs of a country and understand the technical, economic, social and environmental costs associated with meeting this demand. Such tools become further indispensable in the case of developing countries, where past consumption trends alone cannot indicate the trajectory of their future energy demand. READ MORE

4. 3. Tap Dancing Around Sustainability:The Case of Palm Oil Key Stakeholders

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Abdul Muis Sulaiman; [2016]
   Keywords : ethical sourcing; food cosmetic industries; influence strategies; palm oil; sustainable palm oil initiative; sustainable development; stakeholder theory; stakeholder roles; value chain activities;

   Abstract : The Swedish Initiative on Sustainable Palm Oil in food and cosmetic and detergent industries hasemerged in 2014 following other EU national initiatives. This thesis project aims to explore thecondition of the initiative by examining who the key important stakeholders are and how these palmoil key stakeholders in Swedish market develop and implement their Sustainable Palm OilInitiatives. READ MORE

5. 4. Fueling the Dragon’s Power : China’s oil trade through a lens of International politics

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och it

   Author : Jiang Yilin; Liu Shihua; [2012]
   Keywords : China; Oil Trade Activities; Realism; Interests;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is focus on China’s activities/policies in oil trade and security for keeping its own development. In this study, we try to analyze China’s activities and policies in oil trading through liberalism and realism, and to show out how China acted in global market related to oil consumption, production and trade in order to satisfy China’s oil requirements. READ MORE

6. 5. Marine environmental protection from shipping activities in the Baltic Sea

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Dorothee Andrzejewski; [2010]
   Keywords : Maritime law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Growing Russian oil export and an overall growing trade made the Baltic Sea one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, but the marine environment has suffered greatly from this development. Although not solely responsible for this unfortunate development, the International Maritime Organization has addressed this issue by designating the Baltic as a particularly sensitive sea area (PSSA) and a sulphur emission controlled area (SECA). READ MORE